Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-14

! DOnelan's store.
Manchester is on the boom Buy lot
before July Goth.
Graham Crawford and wife, eff Gem,
were in Colby Saturday.
Dr. j. W Martin and Jim Hampton
went to Denver Monday.
The Logan Republican was recently
bought by Porter & Lincoln.
Read in another place the article on
County Seat in Logan county.
Colby has three ice deliveries how.
She keeps cool most of the time.
Mr. Parks, of Oberlin has been stop
ping in Colby for few days this week.
DR.. c. E. Corporan and wife returned
to Cheyenne Wells, Col, Saturday last.
Colby citizens have been the founders
of nine different towns. They are rus
tiers.
The travel between Colby and Burling-
ton, Col, via. Manchester and Eustis, is
simply immense.
Mr. Winfield will soon receive two car
loads of flour for Manchester, where he
has large store.
N. Hobert, ]. w. Ellsworth and Mr.
Fox, of Gem Town Sit Co., were in Col
by Monday on business
No,ohoc+or Tow, S;+o oo,,po,y b,,
just struck off 900 plats for distribution.
Call OF the CAT Office for one.
S. Yousse has just completed a large
tank 10 feet high for his livery stable.
Parker & Akard did the work.
Register Yonge, of Kirwin Land Of
fee, has ruled that final proofs must be
published in the official county paper.
Roy Nance, who shot man named
Forney in self defence, near ElDorado, is
brother of eX- Governor Nance, of Ne
braska
Z. X. Smith remembered us with a
large cake of ice last week. He now
makes daily delivery of ice in Colby,
and has ice of very fine quality indeed.
Mrs. Chas. NJ. Hovey, Mrs. S. S. Bur-
ling and Miss Cora Burling started Mon
day from oakley for trip to Muskegon,
Mich, their former home They will
visit there for about one month.
J. w. Ellsworth has received patent
from the state for the school land upon
| which Gem is located; thus making the
title perfect. Gem will make grand
town, as it has the right men hold of it.
The Teachers Institute will open at 2
p. m, at the court house next Monday,
July 18th. We expect large attend
ance. w. w. WALKER,
Superintendent.
Senator Plumb will visit Colby in Sep
TENDER He is interested in northwest
Kansas, and has done some good work
for the people of western Kansas in the
Senate. He will be heartily welcomed.
County Treasurer Hovey went to To-
peka Monday to make semi-annual set
Element with the State Treasurer. He
accompanied his wife to Kansas City, en-
route for Michigan.
The Christian church is now taking
steps to build handsome edifice near
the G. A. r. Armory. This makes the
third church organized for Colby More
to follow.
Fourth street was graded up last week
by the city Marshall, Yocum, and VIM.
Mckinney. The water will now run off
without harm Franklin Avenue will be
served next in a similar way we think.
County Treasurer, County Sheriff. Reg
lister of Deeds, County Clerk. Coroner,
County Surveyor and Commits
sioner of First District must
be elected this fall in Thomas coun-
ty.
A. H. Fink, who resides 6! miles south
west of QuicKville, has IS acres of corn
as fine as found anywhere. 1t is already
in silk. Mr. Fink is one of the leading
farmers of that part of the county. VI
such enterprising farmers is Thomas
county made up.
President Cleveland, in long letter,
declines to visit St. Louis during the G.
A. r. encampment. He thinks his pres
ence will occasion too much embarras-
ment on the part of the G. A. RS, and
he might have added ''chagrin to his
majesty
In the recent arsenic poisoning case,
DR.. Edwards the attending physician, de-
serves no little praise for his success in
bringing the patient out as well as ever.
The antidote that finally neutralized the
arsenic was prepared By Mr.. James Hamp-
ton, of the Palace Drug Store, and was
done with skill and much dispatch. DR..
Edwards is meeting with excellent
success, but no more than we would ex-
pect from one of SO long and successful